This is the first comprehensive publication on the Dutch painter, Constant Nieuwenhuys, who played a decisive role in the European artistic life, as much through his work as a painter and sculptor as through his theoretical reflection.

Jan G. Elburgwas editor of the magazine Het Woord, was participant of the Cobragroup and of the Experimental Group and participated on Reflex. All that between 1945 and 1950. He wrote his memoires about these five years. He asked his contemporaries to read the manuscript to present the most truthful image of this period. Chapters on Constant: Constant